Satellite Entertainment

Sirius Satellite Radio reports narrower loss (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Tuesday said its net loss slimmed substantially in the second quarter, as it added more than a half-million new subscribers and revenue grew by about 50 percent. New York-based Sirius reported a net loss of $134.1 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with a loss of $237.8 million, or 17 cents per share, a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, excluding …

Sirius Satellite Radio reports narrower loss (WAVY 10)
The satellite radio service says the addition of a half million new subscribers and a 50% increase in revenue narrowed its loss to 9 cents a share from 17 cents a year earlier.

TV revenue up, but big money is in cable, satellite (CBC)
Conventional TV broadcasters saw their revenues rise in 2006, but the biggest earners in broadcasting continue to be the cable and satellite distributors, according to a review of the broadcasting industry issued Tuesday.

AT&T U-verse TV to Include Superstation WGN and Tribune Stations (Broadcast Newsroom)
SAN ANTONIO and NEW YORK, July 30 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) have announced a distribution agreement to deliver Superstation WGN and Tribune stations in local markets served by AT&T U-verse(SM) TV.

TV dish ban hits the streets (North-West Evening Mail)
SATELLITE dishes on some buildings in Ulverston s conservation area could soon have to be moved, leaving owners to foot the bill. Under government guidelines South Lakeland District Council says planning permission is needed for dishes in protected parts of towns and villages in its area.

NZ Department of Conservation Improves Remote User Satisfaction and Productivity by Deploying Riverbed’s WDS Solutions (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD), the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS), announced today that the Department of Conservation (DOC) in New Zealand has implemented its Steelhead(R) wide-area data services (WDS) appliances, at 60 sites throughout New Zealand, including three offices that are connected by satellite, to speed the performance of centralized applications and …

Fans fighting for better TV (Deseret Morning News)
A cadre of weary and angry Mountain West Conference fans are on the warpath to get better TV coverage for the league, and they’re deploying myriad creative methods to get the job done.

BSkyB profits slip on broadband launch costs (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB reported a 9.4-percent drop in annual net profits on Friday as the group took a hit from its foray into the country’s competitive broadband Internet market.

XM Satellite Radio second-quarter loss narrows (The Morning Call)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the pay-radio company that agreed to be bought by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., reported a narrower second-quarter loss as subscribers increased 20 percent from a year earlier.